Free Recipe · Thermomix Vegan Baking
The viral whole-orange cake, now made vegan: same great flavour and texture, same super-easy recipe, using the WHOLE orange and just six ingredients (plus water).
The original version of this recipe went viral, and everyone is obsessed with our Thermomix Whole-Orange Cake. While the original is naturally dairy free, it does contain eggs, and we had so many lovely customers ask for a vegan version. So that is exactly what Ellen has done. Same great flavour and texture, same super-easy recipe.
I love using fresh fruit (and vegetables!) in cakes. It just feels so wholesome to literally pick your flavour straight off a tree. In this case we are using the WHOLE orange: skin, pith, rind, the whole lot. Talk about no waste. The skin holds so much flavour, it adds something juice alone cannot, and it means we can bake an amazing cake from scratch using just six ingredients (plus water).
Usually you would boil the oranges first, but with a Thermomix or other thermo cooker it is so easy to steam them instead. Cooking the oranges first gets rid of that bitter pith flavour, which means less sugar in the final cake. Win! And thanks to the oranges and oil, this cake is incredibly moist yet still light: a hard combo to master, but we have done it.
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The easy-serve secret behind these cakes
Ellen baked these as individual cakes in our naturally non-stick Silicone Bar Moulds. No lining, greasing or oiling, and they pop out clean as a whistle every time. Perfect portions, especially great for lunchboxes.
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Vegan Whole-Orange Cake (for Thermomix)
Makes 12 individual cakes · Thermomix or thermo cooker
Ingredients
The Tools
Naturally non-stick moulds that bake these cakes as perfect individual portions.
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Method
Place oranges in the TC steamer basket inside the TM bowl. If they do not fit side by side, trim the ends off. Fill the bowl with 1.5kg water (this should come about halfway up the sides of the oranges, but it does not matter). Cook 40 min / steaming temperature / speed 3.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl mix the flaxseeds with 250g water. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 170°C.
Remove the oranges from the steaming basket (careful, they will be hot, best to let them cool a little first). Cut into quarters and add back into a dry TC bowl. Puree 8 sec / speed 10.
Add the oil and flaxseed mixture, mix 5 sec / speed 5. Scrape down the sides.
Add the sugar, flour and baking powder, mix 30 sec / speed 3. Mix any remaining flour in by hand using our Thermo Spoon Spatula.
Transfer the mixture to 12 Silicone Bar Moulds (2 sets) and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the tops are golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
To finish
Allow to cool for at least 15 minutes before removing from the moulds. Ice with a basic sugar icing or orange glaze, dust with icing sugar, or simply leave as is: delicious every way. I like to decorate mine with thinly sliced dehydrated orange, semi-reconstituted in a splash of orange liqueur.
Bake a batch this weekend
Grab a set (or two) of our naturally non-stick Silicone Bar Moulds and you will be turning out perfect individual cakes with zero greasing, lining or fuss.
